A hometown newspaper with a local office, local owners & lots of local news
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James Pixley “Benji” Franklin, 70, retired firefighter, U.S. Navy veteran, Lincoln (the vehicle) aficionado, underwater boat owner, blues music enthusiast, “fun dog” and, above all, beloved husband, father and grandfather, left us on Sept. 16, 2020. Visitation was Wednesday, Sept. 23, and resumed at 10 a.m. until an 11 a.m. memorial service Thursday at Nelson Funeral Care in Cloquet, with military honors presented by the U.S. Navy and Cloquet Combined Honor Guard. Patricia Ann Martin, 77, of Cloquet passed away Sept. 16, 2020, in St. Luke’s...
It’s officially autumn. The summer seemed much longer than normal mainly due to this Covid pandemic. I’m sure we are all hoping for the time to pass quickly so we can get to the end of this disease, but as with most things, patience and staying safe is the best way to deal with all our restrictions. Please keep Bob (and me) in your prayers. He has two compression fractures and was in severe pain. He will probably have to go back to the nursing home for therapy and recovery. Have noticed tha...
This was a surprisingly difficult growing season for a lot of our crops on the Food Farm. It was dry early in the growing season, then the first real rain we got was full of hail. This fall has started off dry as well, exacerbated by a failed irrigation pump. But one vegetable that has done exceeding well is something of a historic one to the area — cabbage. The cabbage and potato farms of Wrenshall used to be the main suppliers for Duluth and Superior and beyond. Boxcars were loaded with the c...
As the crew muscled yet another railroad car off the stern of the ship and into the murky depths of Lake Michigan, Capt. Peter Kilty of the Pere Marquette 18 may have breathed a sigh of relief. It had been a tumultuous few hours out in the middle of the lake early on the morning of Sept. 9, 1910 - 110 years ago. The ship, carrying about 60 passengers and crew, and close to 30 rail cars from Ludington, Michigan to Milwaukee, started taking on water faster than its pumps could handle, and Kilty qu...
Scanlon's Jerry Eliason said he was just a boy when the "Sea Hunt" television series sparked his interest in shipwrecks. The series only aired for four seasons, but Eliason watched reruns of Lloyd Bridges as former Navy diver Mike Nelson, and he bugged his parents for scuba diving lessons for years. He finally got his wish when he was 12. "They hired a local diver to give me some training," said Eliason, who grew up in Rice Lake, Wisconsin. "So I got my first dive gear at age 12, and certified...
